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The factors that affect the stability of a species are:
Number of Covalent Bonds: More the number of covalent bonds, more will be the atoms with octet, more will be the stability.
Formal Charge: The species should have the least formal charge to be stable.
Charge Separation: The species should have least charge separation to be stable.
Charge on Atoms: The species with negative charge on electropositive atom and positive charge on electronegative atom will be least stable.

$\mathrm{I}>\mathrm{II}$, since neutral resonating structures are more stable than charged resonating structures.$\mathrm{II}>\mathrm{III}$, since the stability of the structure with –ve charge on more electronegative atom is higher.

Also, in structure I, the octet of every element is complete.